He reminds her of everything she hates about herself, everything she tries to hide--but the deadly mercenary pulls Jane in, no matter how much she fights her past that is about to haunt them all. **Crude language and full of improper bastards** 💀 ... Jane is a seemingly ordinary woman that has been captured to appear before the most elite collection of mercenaries and Warlords. She's doesn't know why they want her, but the only guess she has makes her desperate to escape. Her captor is the deadly legend named Soren, who is annoyingly handsome, deeply complicated, and ever curious about why the council wants Jane. And there's one type of woman that's his favorite: the one lined with as many thorns to guard one's petals, and Jane is the flower that he's persistent on taking for himself. But Jane carries a secret much larger than anyone can fathom, something that will make even the blood in Soren's veins run cold. ... A Mature, Dark Fantasy romance with lots of steam to fog your phone 🔥